I graduated college after a severe traumatic brain injury.

Things We Forget

By Gentle Witch

Graduated college with a double major

Former federal government employee

  • NYC

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done? View all responses In October 2025, I flew to La Guardia to see a friend I had met at a family reunion…

  • Virgin Islands

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done? View all responses In November 2020, I flew to the Virgin Islands to meet a friend I had met once briefly through…

  • Cliff Jumping

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done? View all responses I once jumped off of a 100 foot cliff into a quarry filled with water. I was sixteen years…

  • No

    What’s a place you visited that felt like home? View all responses I do not think I have ever visited a place that felt like home. Every place I visit…

  • Parents’

    What’s a place you visited that felt like home? My parents’ house

  • Self-awareness

    Self-awareness

    Good question. Thank you, Daily Prompt writers. I wish I had educated myself on mental health earlier in life. I wasted many years behaving in a reckless way. I didn’t…

  • Working on Myself

    Working on Myself

    Working on myself. I spent half my teen years and early twenties focused on partying; I had little regard for or patience with my loved ones. I did not start…

  • Roth IRA

    What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life? View all responses I wish I had maxed out my roth IRA earlier in life.

  • Annoy

    Annoy

    Asked what they wish they’d started earlier, the writer reflects on being a better sibling to their youngest brother or sister. Now that they’re both adults, it feels almost too…

  • Blogging

    Blogging

    I wish I had started blogging earlier in life. I have a lot of good ideas, and I wish to share them with the world. Blogging has enhanced my life…